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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the issue with the axe to be used for the execution?

2. Why does Agnes turn Reverend Toti away in Chapter 3?

3. Who catches Agnes looking at the silver brooch in Chapter 3?

4. How is Agnes' journey to the Jonsdottir farm?

5. Steina says in Chapter 3 that she met Agnes before. What did Agnes do for the girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Margret feel when she meets Agnes? Why?

2. How does Agnes argue with Reverend Toti about the meaning of 'truth'" (126)?

3. How does Agnes respond to Reverend Toti's initial comments about prayer and absolution?

4. How does Margret view Agnes while she is cleaning her?

5. Why would Reverend Toti's father not be supportive of him being Agnes' spiritual advisor?

6. What happens in Agnes' dream? What's one possible translation? (113).

7. What does Poet-Rosa's poem accuse Agnes of doing?

8. Why does Agnes not know what to say to Reverend Toti?

9. What does Margret think about the morning after Agnes' arrival?

10. Why might Agnes say, "What a person does, and to know a person is, very different thing" (103)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Natan Ketilsson affect Agnes' life for good or bad? Give examples of both, but determine whether his influence is beneficial or detrimental to Agnes' future and sense of self.

Essay Topic 2

Express in your own words what Agnes means when she says, "To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things" (103) Do you agree/disagree with this statement and why? What examples have you personally witnessed that are true to this sentiment?

Essay Topic 3

The author, Hannah Kent, calls her novel a "dark love letter to Iceland." How does this quote speak to the narrative? While reading, did you believe that this quote spoke to the true nature of the story? Why or why not?

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